2026 Calendar of events
25 April Anzac Day
FFFAIF has traditionally supported AWWOD organising descendants’ participation in the Sydney Anzac Day March.ABC Radio coverage of the Canberra Dawn Service and National Ceremony will be heard on local ABC Radio, RN and on the ABC Listen app from 5.30am – 6.00am. This will incorporate a minute’s silence at approximately 5.50am to synchronise the dawn drive-way vigils.
TV broadcasts of Sydney Dawn Service, Canberra Dawn Service and National Ceremony and Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance Service will all be live from 4.30am AEST on ABC TV and ABC NEWS channels, on iview, and streamed live on ABC Australia Facebook and YouTube.
State TV broadcasts of capital city marches and dawn services will also be streamed live on ABC capital city Facebook accounts and on the ABC’s capital city local radio websites.
Every capital city will have live coverage of a local march, however coverage of capital city dawn services will vary in each state. Broadcasts times can be found on the ABC Anzac Day website.
Gallipoli Day /ANZAC Day services will be held in the UK, including:
a Dawn Service at Hyde Park Corner and later the annual Service of Commemoration with a wreath laying at the Cenotaph followed by a Service held at Westminster Abbey;
Baverstock, Codford, Fovant and Sutton Veny on the Salisbury Plain; and at about 15 other locations in England and Scotland;
Also at the Menin Gate, Ieper; and
Fromelles FranceSaturday 23 May Australian Western Front Association, Gallipoli Association, Fromelles Association, FFFAIF Lecture Day
Sunday 19 July Fromelles Day Commemoration in Sydney at the Anzac Memorial and
Melbourne Wreath-laying at the Shrine of Remembrance and Ipswich in QueenslandSunday 26 July Pozieres Service St Columba Woollahra TBC
Saturday 26 September Commemoration of the Battles of 3rd Ypres
Monday 19 October War Widows Day
Saturday 7th November FFFAIF AGM and John Laffin Memorial Lecture Day
Venue: Anzac Memorial, Hyde Park, Sydney and AGM On-line Zoom MeetingWednesday 11 November Remembrance Day
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Recent News
- Fromelles Day 2026 – Commemorating the 110th anniversary of the Battle of Fromelles 19 July 1916
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- VALE Dame Marie Bashir: Professor The Honourable Dame Marie Bashir, AD CVO
- Patron-in-Chief Her Excellency the Honourable Ms Sam Mostyn AC Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia
- DIGGER 93
- 2025 FFFAIF Annual General Meeting and John Laffin Memorial Lecture series
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- Fromelles Day 2025 – Commemorating the 109th anniversary in Sydney of the Battle of Fromelles 19 July 1916
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*Federal Govt Plans
Photo: Villers-Bretonneux CWGC Cemetery [Ray Hudson] The Federal Government of Australia recently released information on its proposed plans for the commemoration of the sacrifice and achievements of Australians on the Western Front. The following media release was issued by the … Continue reading
*Fromelles Developments
The Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division (GUARD) led by Dr Tony Pollard carried out preliminary excavations at Pheasant Wood, Fromelles in May-June this year. The project confirmed the presence of the remains of World War 1 soldiers in previously undisturbed … Continue reading
11/11 at Fromelles:2
Photo: Her Excellency, the Governor-General of Australia, Ms Quentin Bryce AC, with the Australian Ambassador to France, His Excellency Mr David Ritchie, at Fromelles. The Governor-General of Australia, Ms Quentin Bryce AC, visited Fromelles on 9 November 2008. During … Continue reading
*11th at Villers Bret.
Remembrance Day at Villers Bretonneux The Australian Memorial has once again become a focal point for Australian visitors on the Western Front for commemoration of the 90th anniversary of Armistice. Photo: Army bugler descending the stairs at V-B after playing … Continue reading
Lambert Exhibition.
If you live in Sydney or close by there is an opportunity to view The Australian War Memorial’s Travelling Exhibition, George LAMBERT: Gallipoli and Palestine Landscapes. The exhibition is now open at the Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre. The … Continue reading
Loss of the AE1
A for Australian E for submarine class 1 for first submarine of Royal Australian Navy Fleet Photo: Australian Submarine AE1 [AWM H17537] This photo has been reproduced with the permission of the Australian War Memorial Ninety four years ago, on … Continue reading
….more on the Service
Residents and visitors of Fromelles attended the Memorial service to mark the completion of the archaeological dig at Pheasant Wood on Friday 13 June 2008. The photo above shows the arrival of Reverend John Porter- Commonwealth War Graves Commission who … Continue reading
Unique experience!
Belgium member Johan Durnez tells about Families and Friends of the First AIF member Ray Hudson and his wife Margaret’s recent visit: The highlight of their visit came as a real surprise ….. when we were at De Dreve, Johan Vandewalles inn on … Continue reading
56th Btn History
Two employees of the Australian War Memorial (Craig Tibbitts and Nick Fletcher), have recently embarked upon a new research project – the writing of a unit history for the 56th Battalion, AIF during the First World War. This is one of … Continue reading